Appearance: Slottskällans Decennium Bocköl pours a scarlet-to-copper colour along with a bread white crown of a rather impressive stature, approximately 2-3 " tall. The crown in question is reduced to a thin lid of foam under the duration of a minute and a decent amount of small-sized bubbles are being given the opportunity to spurt towards the surface and end their existence in the foam, like an inverted line of lemmings falling to their doom at the bottom of a gorge.

Smell: Overwhelmingly fresh, flowery and peachy in a peachy (woah, betcha didn't see that one commin' eh?!) manner at first with a backbone consisting of sensible notes of toffee and dried dark fruits such as plums and raisins. Finally, a subtle yet dry hoppy finish manages to sneak in and leaves the mind wandering towards wheat. For a bock, I'm quite surprised at what I found in this sensory compartment.

Taste: Bread, pizza bread actually, some tomato(!), thus initally being very different from the scent -- but cowabunga dude, it's pizza time in beer-land!

However, my teenage mutant friends and banana-raincoat wearing bitches, the plum-like sensations correspond with a pleasing sweetness and the the bread-like characteristics could be compared to the wheat (which probably is the malt funking around) I came to think of. Overall, a rather malty one, a tad buttery in the end but also a bit metallic, which in my book never is a plus in my book...

Mouthfeel: Low in carbonation and all too thin, it's not adjunct lager-piss-thin but darn close. Pretty smooth yet fairly dry and rough in the finish.

Drinkability: The obvious let-down is the consistency of the body, I would've wished ever so dearly for it to be bolder and richer. All in all, it may not be a splendiferous brew, it's somewhat inconsistent in flavour and scent, but nonetheless a pretty decent bock! (1,856 characters)

The colour is medium brown-red; the two finger head is airy and off-white. Almost no lacing.

The smell is fruity and a little sweet with matured, lightly roasted notes. Hints of raisins and vegetables plus a hoppy dry flavour of butter and flowers.

The tasty is nutty-flowery with notes of very lightly roasted malt, a mild earthy flavour and some dry hops that make me think of Germany. The aftertaste is dry with notes of rye bread, butter, vegetables and noble hops.

The carbonation is mild, the bubbles very small. The liquid is very smooth.

Better than last year's batch, not at all as earthy as is was then. A good bock, although there are better ones out there. (676 characters)

Bottle, Stockholm. Deep amber hue with small, wispy foam. Aromatically dull with some malt (caramel, toffee) and some hops (hints of herbs.) Flavor has some complexity with the malt showing some hints of caramel, toffee and nuts, perhaps a hint of honeyed fruit. Has some body to it as well. A decent, drinkable lager. (318 characters)